WO2011051040A1 - Ultraschallwandler zum einsatz in einem fluiden medium - Google Patents
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- the invention is based on known ultrasonic transducers, which can be used, for example, in ultrasonic flow meters in process engineering and / or in the automotive sector, in particular in the intake tract and / or exhaust tract of internal combustion engines.
- ultrasonic transducers are provided for measuring the flow of air, but in principle also other fluid media, ie gases and / or liquids can be used. Examples of ultrasonic transducers are mentioned in DE 10 2007 010 500 A1 and the prior art cited therein.
- the ultrasonic transducers described there can also be modified and / or produced according to the invention in the context of the present invention.
- Ultrasonic transducers of the type described are in particular provided for measuring the flow of air, for example in order to derive an air quantity signal within a system control of an internal combustion engine.
- matching layers or matching elements are used in many ultrasonic transducers to improve a sound emission into the fluid medium and / or to record ultrasound from the fluid medium.
- ultrasound transducers with sound-emitting resonance or matching bodies are known, for example a metal diaphragm and / or a ⁇ / 4 impedance matching view.
- the sound-emitting surface is usually an integral part of a transducer housing or a flow tube or is connected to these components hard, so that there is usually no sufficient decoupling against structure-borne noise propagation. Should In contrast, the decoupling be improved, therefore, a rather soft mounting material is required. Due to the pressure requirements, however, this fastening and / or decoupling material must be supported on the housing, so that in turn the thermal expansion must have the greatest effect on the movable area of the sound-radiating surface. These compensatory movements make a media-tight converter design difficult.
- Ultrasonic converters are known from the later-published patent applications DE 10 2008 055 126.0 and DE 10 2008 055 1 16.3 from the assignee of the present patent application, in which a damping element, for example a damping casting, is introduced between the housing and a converter core with a piezoelectric transducer element becomes.
- a damping element for example a damping casting
- elastomers such as O-rings or silicone moldings
- these approaches generally do not provide sufficient media resistance for the installation situation, especially in the motor vehicle.
- silicone may swell and / or bleed under the influence of moisture and / or hydrocarbons, and gaps may form between the silicone and the environment.
- sealing elements for example in the form of vapor-deposited coatings, for example parylene, or sealing foils are frequently used.
- the use of sealing films is also described, for example, in DE 10 2008 055 1 16.3.
- the disadvantage of pure coatings often lies in a low mechanical cohesion of the coating, in particular under shear loads, as they occur in transition zones of different substrate materials.
- the decoupling material can shift with respect to the impedance matching layer or the converter housing, so that the coating can travel on this side.
- thermal and mechanical stresses lead in many cases at least to a stretching load on the film, so that it itself or its bonding is heavily stressed.
- an ultrasonic transducer for use in a fluid medium is proposed, as well as a method for manufacturing an ultrasonic transducer.
- the proposed ultrasonic transducer can, in particular according to the proposed NEN method can be produced, and the method can be used to produce an ultrasonic transducer according to the invention. Accordingly, for possible embodiments of the method, reference may be made to the description of the various embodiments of the proposed ultrasonic transducer and vice versa. However, other embodiments are possible in principle.
- the proposed ultrasonic transducer comprises at least one transducer core with at least one acoustic-electrical transducer element.
- an acoustical-electrical transducer element is fundamentally understood to mean a transducer element which is set up in order to convert acoustic signals, for example ultrasound signals, into electrical signals and vice versa.
- the acoustic-electrical converter element may comprise at least one piezoelectric transducer element, for example with at least one piezoceramic.
- the transducer core may comprise further elements, for example at least one matching layer and / or a matching body for the purpose of an at least partial impedance matching between the acoustic-electrical transducer element and the fluid medium.
- the possible embodiments of such matching elements reference may be made to the above-cited prior art, for example DE 10 2007
- the matching bodies and / or matching layers and / or matching elements illustrated therein, wherein the term matching body is generally used below for such elements, can also be used in a converter core in the proposed ultrasonic transducer of the present invention.
- the converter core may in particular have a cylindrical shape, for example a shape of a circular cylinder and / or a cylinder with a polygonal cross section.
- the proposed ultrasonic transducer comprises at least one housing.
- it may be a plastic housing and / or a metallic housing. This housing may completely or partially enclose the transducer core.
- the housing may have a cylindrical shape, with a housing interior, in which the transducer core is accommodated.
- the housing includes at least one housing opening towards the fluid medium.
- a radiating surface of the transducer core so a surface through which acoustic signals from the Transducer core can be delivered to the fluid medium or taken out of this, which assigns this opening and / or is disposed within this opening.
- the at least one housing opening is, in order to shield the housing interior of the ultrasonic transducer against undesired influences of the fluid medium, such as temperature and / or pressure influences and / or media influences, at least partially sealed with at least one sealing foil in communication with the transducer core.
- the opening is completely closed by the at least one sealing film.
- the sealing foil can be connected to the transducer core in such a way that a radiating surface of the transducer core rests on this sealing foil over a large area.
- the radiating surface can be designed in a planar manner and be in contact with the sealing foil, for example connected to it, in particular by means of a cohesive connection such as, for example, a
- sealing film can also be connected to an edge of the housing, which surrounds the housing opening, for example also be positively connected thereto, in particular adhesively bonded.
- a sealing film is basically any film to understand, which is at least partially sealed against the fluid medium.
- a film is generally to be understood as a flexible or deformable element whose lateral dimensions significantly exceed its thickness, for example by at least a factor of 10, preferably by at least a factor of 100 or even by at least a factor of 1000.
- a film may have a membrane-like design.
- the sealing film can be configured, for example, as described in DE 10 2008 055 1 16.3. Further embodiments of the sealing film and possible materials are explained in more detail below.
- the sealing film may in particular comprise a plastic material.
- one or more of the fol- constricting materials can be used: polyether ether ketone (PEEK), polyphenylene lensulfid (PPS), polyimide (Kapton particular ®), liquid crystal polymer (Liquid Crystal Polymer, LCP), fluorocarbons such as Teflon or Polytetrafluo - rethen (PTFE) or eg perfluoroethylene propylene copolymer (FEP), polyethylene naphtalate (PEN).
- PEEK polyether ether ketone
- PPS polyphenylene lensulfid
- PPS polyimide
- LCP liquid crystal polymer
- fluorocarbons such as Teflon or Polytetrafluo - rethen (PTFE) or eg perfluoroethylene propylene copolymer (FEP), polyethylene naphtalate (PEN).
- PTFE Teflon or Polytetrafluo - rethen
- FEP perfluoro
- the sealing film may further include an adhesive layer.
- the sealing film may in particular have a thickness of not more than 50 ⁇ m, preferably not more than 25 ⁇ m.
- thermal and mechanical stresses can lead to a Dehnbelastung, which can charge the film itself or its fixation, such as their bonding to the transducer core and / or the housing.
- the sealing film has at least one strain deformation, wherein the strain deformation is set up to allow a relative movement between the transducer core and the housing.
- the expansion deformation acts basically analogous to a bellows or may even be at least partially designed as such bellows.
- the strain deformation may have, for example, a deformation which includes a curvature of the sealing film, for example a curvature from an otherwise substantially planar configuration of the sealing film.
- expansion deformation can therefore be understood to mean any deformation of the sealing film which is capable of allowing a relative movement between the transducer core and the housing, in particular also in a lateral direction
- the strain deformation can be designed to accommodate both a compressive load and a tensile load as well as a shear stress parallel to the sealing film and to compensate within certain limits due to their deformation from the general extension plane of the sealing film addition.
- the strain deformation may include an expansion crease and / or a creasing fold, that is, any crease and / or warp capable of absorbing both a compressive load and a tensile load, as well as a shear load.
- the strain deformation may in particular comprise at least one of the following deformations: an expansion fold projecting into the fluid medium; an expansion fold projecting into a housing interior of the housing; a bellows; a step-like deformation, wherein the step-like deformation is transferred to a first level of the sealing film in a second plane of the sealing film.
- the at least one strain deformation can preferably be designed such that it is arranged outside of the transducer core and outside of the housing. For example, between "
- the housing and the transducer core be formed at least one intermediate space, for example, an annular space.
- the strain deformation may in particular be at least partially, preferably completely, formed in the region of this intermediate space.
- the housing may have an edge which encloses the housing opening, wherein a radiating surface, for example a flat radiating surface, is arranged within this edge and is preferably completely enclosed by this edge.
- the intermediate space can then be formed between the edge and the emitting surface.
- the sealing film can completely cover, for example, the housing opening, that is to say at least partially the edge, the intermediate space and the emitting surface.
- the expansion deformation can then be formed, for example in the form of an expansion fold or a bellows in the region of the intermediate space.
- the sealing film can in particular with the housing, for example a
- the sealing film can be glued to these elements.
- another connection with the elements is possible, for example, alternatively or additionally, by a positive and / or non-positive connection.
- at least one intermediate space can be formed between the housing and the converter core, in particular an annular space.
- This gap may preferably be at least partially filled by at least one decoupling element, wherein the decoupling element is arranged to attenuate a structure-borne sound transmission between the housing and the transducer core.
- the decoupling element for example, a material, in particular a deformable material, and / or a material having a suitable filling, for example, a filling by cavities and / or gas bubbles and / or deformable inclusions.
- a suitable filling for example, a filling by cavities and / or gas bubbles and / or deformable inclusions.
- materials of a filling of cavities and / or gas bubbles, optionally with an additional filling of other fillers can be used.
- an elastomeric material or a soft thermoplastic material may be selected for the decoupling element.
- the decoupling element can likewise be connected to the sealing film, in particular in the area of strain deformation.
- the strain deformation can be formed in particular when introducing the decoupling element into the intermediate space, for example by an overpressure and / or a negative pressure and / or an elevated temperature of the decoupling element, at least during the introduction.
- a method for producing an ultrasonic transducer for use in a fluid medium is proposed, in particular an ultrasonic transducer according to one or more of the embodiments described above.
- at least one transducer core is introduced with at least one acoustic-electrical transducer element in at least one housing.
- At least one housing opening is at least partially sealed off from the fluid medium with a sealing film in communication with the transducer core.
- the sealing foil is configured such that it has at least one, wherein the strain deformation is arranged to allow a relative movement between the transducer core and the housing.
- At least one intermediate space can be formed between the converter core and the housing.
- This gap can be at least partially filled with at least one decoupling element.
- the decoupling element is arranged to dampen a structure-borne sound transmission between the housing and the transducer core.
- the expansion deformation can be formed at least partially during the introduction of the decoupling element into the intermediate space. This can be done for example by a high
- the strain deformation can also be generated wholly or partly at a different time.
- the strain deformation can also be caused by a shrinkage of the introduced decoupling element after introduction, for example after pouring and / or injection.
- shrinkage may occur upon curing and / or crosslinking and / or cooling of the decoupling element and / or an output mass of the decoupling element. This can be done, for example, if silicone is used as the decoupling element.
- the strain deformation can also be wholly or partly by means of a tool which is used during the introduction of the decoupling element, for example an injection mold.
- casting tool or other type of casting mold causes, favors or at least supported.
- This can also be combined with the above-described options of generating the strain deformation by an overpressure and / or a shrinkage of the decoupling element.
- generation of strain deformation could be assisted by shrinkage through a tool base which does not provide a recess, but an annular ridge formed before and / or during and / or after pouring, curing, or cooling into the interstice between the matching body and transducer housing is pressed.
- Various other embodiments are possible and can be realized by the person skilled in the art on the basis of this description.
- a deformable mass for example a starting material for forming the decoupling element (for example a precursor of the decoupling element), in particular at least one flowable mass
- a deformable mass for example a starting material for forming the decoupling element (for example a precursor of the decoupling element), in particular at least one flowable mass
- a conventional injection molding process and / or a transfer molding process and / or a conventional casting process can be used for this purpose. This process can also be carried out using an elevated pressure and / or temperature.
- the decoupling element comprises a silicone, in particular a liquid silicone.
- a silicone in particular a liquid silicone.
- Such liquid silicones are low-viscosity and hot-vulcanizing silicones with at least two components, which additively crosslinked. These can, for example, be introduced into the intermediate space in a shaping process, which is also referred to below as the LSR process or LSR process.
- the components can be supplied to a mixing block, for example, in a multi-component mixing and dosing system, in particular under elevated pressure. For example, a mixture can be made in a ratio of 1: 1. Other additives can also be added.
- the mixed materials are injected into a heated tool.
- the feed unit for example the LSR screw unit, can, for example, be set to a low
- the gap or its walls can also be heated.
- the gap may additionally be evacuated prior to injecting the reactive material mixture.
- the LSR process is basically known to the person skilled in the art and can advantageously be used in the context of the present invention in order to produce the decoupling element and, in this production, preferably also to form the strain deformation immediately.
- the proposed ultrasonic transducer and the proposed method have numerous advantages over known ultrasonic transducers and known methods.
- the above-described stresses in the sealing film can be effectively avoided.
- deformed films or membranes in the field of sound transducers are known in principle from the field of speaker technology. There, however, the membrane is usually around around an active radiating surface in the form of a bead pronounced.
- the proposed ultrasonic transducer is suitable both for air mass detection in the gasoline sector and in the diesel sector, both for passenger cars and for commercial vehicles.
- the installation position after a charge air cooler is advantageous, but which includes higher pressure and / or media requirements, for example, pressure requirements up to 6 bar, a seal against oil and exhaust gas portions or the like.
- these requirements can be well met by the ultrasonic transducer according to the invention.
- the strain deformation can, as shown above, be configured in various ways, without here by the tightness of the sealing film is affected by pressure and / or media.
- this sealing film may for example be formed deformed, that is, not configured -just configured, for example, according to one or more of the forms shown above.
- a kind of simplified "bellows" may result, which permits a relative movement of the transducer core relative to the housing, without loading the sealing film and / or its adhesive bond Decoupling to a high degree Media, temperature and / or pressure-loadable
- a target conflict between this load capacity and an optimal coupling can also be solved in this way.
- the ultrasonic transducer can be designed in various ways. Advantageously, this can be designed for a frequency range of 100 kHz to 600 kHz and in particular from 200 kHz to 400 kHz, the latter in particular for a flow measurement in the motor vehicle.
- the ultrasonic transducer may be designed for air or gases as ambient media and / or other types of fluid media.
- the decoupling material on the back side of the sealing film may be in close contact and / or even adhere, for example by means of a positive connection. This form-fitting connection can already be produced, for example, during the introduction of the decoupling element, for example the output mass for the LSR process, without requiring a separate method step for this purpose.
- the decoupling element can serve as part of the attachment of the converter core, that is to say, for example, a piezoelectric converter and at least one impedance matching layer, and can be configured to receive and forward compressive forces acting on the foil.
- the sealing film is preferably not itself the membrane suspension, as in a speaker, but serves only to seal the housing interior.
- the relative movements to be compensated are not the acoustic oscillations that the ultrasonic transducer or the transducer core itself radiates or receives, since these oscillatory movements only amplitudes in the order of about 1 ⁇ have, but caused by pressure fluctuations movements or thermal expansion of the damping and Decoupling materials with much larger amplitudes, for example, in the order of 100 ⁇ .
- the proposed ultrasonic transducer can be implemented comparatively easily in technology, for example using the method according to the invention.
- the strain deformation can already be formed beforehand in the sealing film or can be formed only during the production process.
- the deformation of the film for example, before the introduction of the
- Decoupling element for example, a decoupling of the decoupling element, and / or carried out by the introduction of the decoupling element or its material.
- the latter can be done, for example, as described above, by the LSR process, which could be used simultaneously to press the sealing film directly to a tool contour and thus to deform.
- An inverse process is also conceivable in which the tool contour supports shrinkage, as described above.
- the introduction of the decoupling element for example a material of the decoupling element
- the introduction of the decoupling element for example a material of the decoupling element
- the introduction of the decoupling element can be combined with a shaping of the sealing foil, for example with the aid of an external tool, in which the housing, the transducer core and the sealing foil are deposited and which has a corresponding contour for the formation of the Has strain deformation.
- Various configurations are possible.
- FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of an inventive ultrasonic transducer in a sectional view
- Figures 2 and 3 different deformation states of a strain deformation of the embodiment of Figure 1;
- FIGS. 4 to 12 process steps of a production method according to the invention.
- FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of an inventive ultrasonic transducer 110 in a sectional view from the side.
- the ultrasound transducer comprises an acoustoelectric transducer element 12, for example in the form of a piezoceramic, and a matching body 1 14 arranged on the acoustoelectrical transducer element 12.
- the fitting body 14 serves to improve the acoustic coupling between the acoustic electrical transducer element 1 12 and a fluid medium, which is denoted symbolically in Figure 1 by the reference numeral 1 16.
- the matching body 1 for example, at least partially make an impedance adjustment.
- the matching body 1 14 which may be configured, for example, as a matching layer and acts as a coupling element and softer may also be configured as a multilayer, can be applied to DE 10 2007 010 500 A1 and DE 10 2008 055 1 16.3 and DE 10 2008 055 126.0 referred to, which have already been mentioned above.
- the matching body 1 14 and the acoustic-electric transducer element 1 12 together form a transducer core 1 18th
- a housing 120 for example in the form of a sleeve.
- the housing 120 may, for example, be wholly or partly made of a metallic material or a plastic material.
- the housing 120 has on its side facing the fluid medium 1 16 a housing opening 122, wherein an edge 124 of the housing 120 surrounds the housing opening 122 annular, for example in the form of a circular ring and / or a polygonal ring.
- a gap 126 is formed between the housing 120 and the transducer core 1 18, a gap 126 is formed.
- This gap 126 is partially filled with a decoupling element 128 in the illustrated embodiment.
- This decoupling element 128 serves to at least dampen a structure-borne sound transmission between the housing 120 and the transducer core 1 18 or vice versa.
- the housing opening 122 is closed off from the fluid medium 16 by a sealing film 130.
- this sealing film 130 rests over its entire surface on a radiating surface 132 of the transducer core 1 18 which is here just configured, for example, and is connected to it loosely or via a cohesive connection, for example an adhesive bond. Furthermore, the sealing film 130 is connected to the edge 124 and glued on this, for example, also. Via the emission surface 132, a coupling takes place between the transducer core 1 18 and the fluid medium 16, for example for sound emission and / or for sound recording.
- the sealing film 130 has a strain deformation 134.
- This strain deformation 134 can, for example, run around in a ring around the transducer core 1 18 and can thus form a deformation region.
- the strain deformation 134 can be a relative movement between the wall and enable the housing.
- the decoupling element 128 configured such that it rests directly on the radiating surface 132 in the region of strain deformation 134 and is preferably connected to this, for example by a material connection, such as gluing.
- the decoupling element 128 is formed only annular in the embodiment shown in Figure 1, so that above the transducer core 1 18 remains a free space. This free space is filled in the illustrated embodiment with a further damping material 136, for example, a Dämpfungsverguss.
- the damping material 136 may also be identical to the decoupling element 128 and be mounted either offset in time or simultaneously with the decoupling element 128 in the same process step.
- the ultrasonic transducer 1 10 in the illustrated example contact pins 138, which are supported by a cover 140 and can be connected via electrical leads 142 to the acoustic-electric transducer element 1 12.
- a cover 140 which are supported by a cover 140 and can be connected via electrical leads 142 to the acoustic-electric transducer element 1 12.
- another type of electrical contacting of the electrical-acoustic transducer element 1 12 is conceivable, for example via terminals, contact clip, soldered or welded wires or similar contacting elements.
- the cover 140 rests on a step 144 in the housing 120, for example.
- the lid 140 may, for example, as will be explained in more detail below, be fixed by a flange 146 of the housing 120.
- the acoustic-electric transducer element 1 12 converts electrical signals into acoustic oscillations (transmission mode) or vice versa (reception mode).
- the acoustic-electrical transducer element 1 12 is connected to the matching body 1 14, which acts as a coupling element, which essentially comprise at least one material for acoustic impedance matching between the fluid medium 16, for example the air, and the acoustic-electric transducer element 12 can.
- the matching body 1 14 acting as a coupling element or parts of this element can at the same time be replaced by special materials. Rialigenschaften be used to reduce thermally induced tensions between the matching body 1 14 and the acoustic-electric transducer element 1 12, for example, a piezoelectric element.
- the transducer core 1 18 thus formed is fastened via the decoupling element 128 in the housing 120, which may be designed, for example, as a sleeve and which may have as material, for example, deep-drawn steel. Alternatively, other metals or plastics can be used.
- the transducer core 1 18 is damped on the back by the damping material 136, which, as described above, can also be completely or partially identical to the decoupling element 128.
- the ultrasonic transducer 110 is closed at the back by the cover 140, which can be designed, for example, as a cover ring.
- the cover 140 can also simultaneously fix the contact pins 138, for example two contact pins, for example by clamping or injecting.
- the lid 140 may, for example by means of a clamp, a Versch robbery, a bayonet closure, a bond or, as shown in Figure 1, the flange 146 may be connected to the housing 120. In general, any frictional, positive and / or material connection methods are possible.
- the electrical leads 142 make contact with the acoustic-electrical transducer element 12.
- a front region of the ultrasonic transducer 110 is covered by the sealing film 130, which is preferably glued to the fitting body 14 and the housing 120.
- the sealing film 130 is preferably glued to the fitting body 14 and the housing 120.
- polyimide in particular Kapton, PEEK, Teflon or another of the abovementioned polymer materials or a further polymer material or combinations of the abovementioned and / or other polymer materials can be used as the film material for the sealing film 130.
- Theoretically conceivable would be alternatively or additionally also thin metal foils.
- the film thickness should preferably be a maximum of about 50 ⁇ m, in particular of the order of magnitude or even significantly less than 25 ⁇ m.
- the sealing film 150 may, for example, have a substantially flat main region 150, in particular in the region of the emitting surface 132. Ultrasonic radiation is emitted or received via this main region 150. This main area 150 can,Aus , be continued outwards in the form of a mathematical level.
- the strain deformation 134 As a measure of such a significant deformation, for example, a distance from the plane of the main region 150 in the order of 100 ⁇ or more can be considered. Preferably, therefore, in this example or in other exemplary embodiments, the strain deformation 134 has an order of magnitude of at least 100 ⁇ m.
- FIG. 18 shows a schematic representation of various courses of the area of the strain deformation 134 of the sealing film 130. These illustrate again what is meant by a significant transformation and how this can be configured.
- the strain deformation 134 can be designed such that it contains at least one deformation of the order of magnitude of the expected movement due to temperature and / or pressure changes.
- the surface denoted by A there is increased by the deformation process compared to a planar film such that this surface can remain essentially the same, ie has no or only a slight elongation, if the converter core 1 18 (FIG. not shown in Figure 18) performs a corresponding axial movement, for example, by thermal expansion of materials within the transducer core 1 18 and / or a pressure load.
- the axial movement is designated B in FIG.
- the radiating surface 132 of the transducer core 1 18 is in the embodiment in
- Figure 1 exemplified flat.
- the surface of the matching body 1 14, for example, the impedance matching layer or the coupling element even configured uneven.
- this can be provided with one or more phases or configured in the form of a blunt cone.
- This allows the coupling behavior in the air chamber, for example, in terms of bandwidth, the Radiation characteristic or other criteria are positively influenced.
- the sealing film 130 has no main planar area. Nevertheless, an additional forming region may be applied as strain deformation 134 in the decoupling region to relieve the sealing film 130 from moving relative to the housing 120 upon movement of the transducer core 1 18.
- FIGS. 2 and 3 show, in a sectional representation, the strain deformation 134 of the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1 in different loading states. If the deformation of the sealing film 130 is pronounced at a certain temperature, for example as shown in FIG. 2, a geometry similar to the representation shown in FIG. 3 will occur at a certain higher backpressure or a certain lower temperature. However, the situation according to FIG. 2 can also be present, while (which will be explained in more detail below) the housing 120 is filled with a damping or decoupling material or while these materials are cured under the effect of temperature.
- FIG. 4 shows, as a possible starting point within a process sequence, an assembly comprising the housing 120, the sealing film 130 and the matching body 1 14, which acts as a coupling element.
- This assembly is, as shown in Figure 2, inserted into a tool 152.
- this tool 152 is a tool for an LSR process.
- other types of shaping processes can also be used, for example casting processes and / or spraying processes and / or pressing processes in which shaping of at least one starting material takes place in order to produce a decoupling element 128.
- the tool 152 is indicated only symbolically in FIG.
- This tool 152 may further include other elements.
- the tool 152 comprises a first mold part 154, in which in the region of the strain deformation 134 to be produced a negative profile 156 is provided which can define the shape of the later strain deformation 134.
- this negative profile 156 may have a depression in the indicated region, for example in the form of a groove, for example a groove with a rounded cross section, for example a parabolic or round cross section. Other shapes are possible.
- the tool 152 may include other moldings, which are not shown in the figures. Furthermore, in the method step shown in FIG.
- a punch 158 is retracted into the housing interior 148 of the housing 120, wherein optionally the housing 120 can be pressed against the first shaped part 154 at the same time.
- the punch 158 can be shut down, for example, so that it is sealed by pressure against the matching body 1 14, as shown in Figure 6, and at the periphery opposite the step 144 of the housing 120 and / or another type of bulge of the housing 120 While at the same time the housing 120 is pressed together with the sealing film 130 on the first mold part 154.
- the punch 158 can thus be part of the tool 152 and act as a further molded part of this tool 152.
- another embodiment is possible in principle.
- a deformable mass 162 is then injected into the gap 126 between the matching body 1 14 and the punch 158 and the housing 120.
- This may be, for example, a precursor, from which, for example by a chemical reaction and / or a physical phase transition, the decoupling element 128 is formed.
- this deformable mass may be liquid silicone (LSR, liquid silicone rubber).
- LSR liquid silicone
- the deformable mass is heated in the tool 152, resulting in a high pressure. For example, at 200 ° C, a pressure of 100 to 200 bar arise. This pressure simultaneously presses the sealing film 130 into the contour of the first molded part 154 in the region of the negative profile 156. In this case, the sealing film 130 is reshaped, and the expansion deformation 134 is formed.
- the deformable mass can also be provided with additives, for example with fillers or cavities.
- additives for example with fillers or cavities.
- an optimal structure-borne sound decoupling and / or an optimal structure-borne sound damping can take place.
- the properties of the decoupling element 128 can be adjusted.
- Particularly suitable in this case are silicone foams or admixtures of glass and / or plastic balls and / or hollow balls.
- the latter, ie plastic balls or hollow plastic balls can be easily thermally deformed and lead to particularly advantageous decoupling properties.
- a particularly simple way of admixing these balls is the mixing into the resin component of the silicone before
- the stamp 158 is removed again from the housing interior 148 in a method step shown in FIG.
- the acoustic-electrical transducer element 12 is inserted. This can be done, for example, as an assembly, as shown in Figure 9.
- This assembly for example, in addition to the acoustic-electric transducer element 1 12, the contact pins 138 and the electrical leads 142 and the cover 140 include.
- the acoustic-electric transducer element 12 for example the piezoelectric transducer element, can be inserted in particular by means of suction grippers 164.
- Transducer element 1 12, for example, with the fitting body 1 14 are materially connected, for example by an adhesive method.
- Another type of mounting is basically possible, for example, a Kontak- tion of the acoustic-electric transducer element 1 12, after this was inserted into the housing interior 148.
- the illustrated manner of mounting with already contacted acoustic-electric transducer element 1 12 is preferred.
- the lid 140, as shown in Figure 1 be fixed, for example by means of the already described above flanging 146 or another type of fixation.
- the remaining housing interior 148, as shown in Figure 12 are filled with the damping material 136.
- the finished ultrasonic transducer 1 10 can be removed from the first mold part 154.
- the negative profile 156 with its contour can predefine the shape of the expansion deformation 134.
- FIG. 13 shows an example in which the strain deformation 134 has an expansion fold projecting into the fluid medium 16, similar or analogous to the embodiment shown in FIG.
- FIG. 14 shows an exemplary embodiment in which an expansion fold protrudes into the intermediate space 126.
- the exemplary embodiments in FIGS. 15 to 17 show an offset of the emission surface 132 relative to the edge 124. This results in a step-like deformation , wherein the sealing film 130 is transferred in the region of this step-like deformation of the plane of the radiating surface 132 in the plane of the edge 124.
- the plane of the emission surface 132 is into the interior of the housing 148 in relation to the edge
- FIG. 16 shows an exemplary embodiment in which the plane of the emission surface 132 is offset toward the fluid medium 1 16 in relation to the edge 124.
- an expansion fold may still be provided in the region of the intermediate space 126, which in this exemplary embodiment projects into the fluid medium 16 in an exemplary manner.
- FIG. 17 shows an exemplary embodiment in which only one offset, for example analogous to FIG. 16, takes place, but no further expansion fold is provided in addition to this step-like deformation. The stepped offset alone forms in this case the strain deformation 134.
- the step-like deformation for example, as shown above, include an offset of the planes in the order of at least 100 ⁇ , preferably more.
- the contour in the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 17 will generally change so much during cooling that at room temperature approximately the same geometry as in the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 3 or FIG. 13 arises which effects an axial movement of the Transducer core 1 18 allows in both directions, without the sealing film 130 is significantly stretched.
- the embodiments shown above, in particular the embodiment of the method according to the invention in Figures 4 to 12 can be modified in various ways, without departing from the basic idea of the invention.
- the deformation of the sealing film 130 can also be effected at another time or in another manner, the strain deformation 134 being produced.
- reshaping of the film 130 to the housing 120 is possible.
- a vacuum deep-drawing process and / or an autoclave process can be used to produce the strain deformation 134. Deep-drawing can also take place without a vacuum or air pressure, for example with a tenter and / or a mold, for example in the form of a hot stamping process.
- the forming alternatively or additionally, also take place during or after the gluing.
- the deformation can also be done after bonding, for example by the LSR process. Furthermore, the deformation can also take place before and during the LSR process or the filling process.
- the sealing foil 130 can also be used generally as a positioning aid. This can be realized in a particularly simple manner, for example, if, as shown in FIG. 4, a pre-assembly with a centered structure is used which comprises the housing 120, the sealing film 130 and the matching body 14. Thus, it can be ensured that at least the components of this subassembly no longer have to be positioned relative to one another within the already complex filling process, for example the LSR process.
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